Trump reveals plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, in the next two weeks to tackle migrant claims head-on and jokes: 'You may never see me again'

Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that helium is readying to sojourn the metropolis astatine the halfway disconnected mendacious migrants-eating favored claims wrong the adjacent 2 weeks, arsenic helium tries to support migration astatine the bosom of the predetermination battle.

His supporters roared arsenic helium cracked an off-color gag astir visiting Springfield, Ohio, during a rally connected Long Island.

'You whitethorn ne'er spot maine again,' helium said to the delight of thousands of radical packed into the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. 

'But that's OK, you gotta bash what you gotta do.'

Unfounded claims astir Haitian migrants successful the metropolis eating cats and different pets person circulated successful the acheronian recesses of the net for weeks. 

But they blew up past week erstwhile Trump's moving mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, dispersed a baseless rumor that migrants were preying connected cats.

Local authorities person debunked the claims and it aboriginal emerged that it was based connected a study astir a missing feline that turned up harmless and well.

Vance has defended his actions, saying the stories item however communities successful places similar Springfield are struggling with an influx of arrivals.

An exclusive canvass for DailyMail.com revealed that the tales whitethorn beryllium resonating with a chunk of voters adjacent if they are not true.

A canvass of 1000 apt voters, conducted by J.L. Partners, recovered that much than a 3rd believed Haitians were eating cats, geese oregon different domesticated animals.

At the aforesaid time, however, the canvass shows Trump enactment crashing among Hispanic voters, a conception that could determine the 2024 election.

Trump said helium would besides sojourn Aurora, California, which has been taxable to akin debunked claims astir Venezuelan gangs.

It is each portion of an effort to proceed hitting Harris connected the border.

He talked astir the interaction successful New York. 

'The mobs of amerciable migrants are being enactment up successful luxury hotels astatine your disbursal portion our large veterans unrecorded connected the freezing oregon steaming sidewalks close extracurricular the main entranceway to wherever the migrants participate the hotel,' helium said.

'We person veterans lying connected the streets — squalid. And they're seeing migrants spell up to the seventeenth level of their suite. How brainsick has our state become.'

Trump volition beryllium known arsenic the 'Border President,' helium said portion 'Kamala volition beryllium known arsenic your penetration president.'

Trump threw successful immoderate promises for his New York audience, pledging to rebuild the city's transit strategy and designating Ground Zero arsenic a nationalist monument.

He ran done immoderate of his top hits, bragging astir his assemblage size ('greater than Elvis'), slamming the 'fake news,' and claiming the satellite had been astatine bid nether his rule.

He followed them with a drawstring of unfounded claims astir his opponent, saying Harris wanted to worldly the Supreme Court with 25 justices and defund the police.

Before heading retired to the suburbs, Trump stopped astatine a Bitcoin cafe successful New York City to beforehand his family's caller cryptocurrency venture. He handed retired burgers and announced that helium was apt to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky adjacent week. 

Trump has agelong been viewed arsenic a thorn successful efforts to support up enactment to the embattled Ukrainian leader, rallying Republicans against sending much weapons to combat the Russian invasion.

But Zelensky volition beryllium successful New York adjacent week for a large United Nations meeting, triggering speculation that helium mightiness prehend the accidental to marque his lawsuit successful idiosyncratic to the erstwhile president. 

'Probably, yes,' Trump told reporters successful New York erstwhile asked if helium would conscionable the Ukrainian president.

In caller months, respective satellite leaders oregon erstwhile leaders person met with Trump during visits to the U.S. 

Last period Zelensky said helium wanted to contiguous a bid program to Biden, Harris and Trump. 

The erstwhile president made his remarks up of a run rally successful Nassau County connected Long Island. 

The country could beryllium important to his enactment holding power of the House. The spot is held by Anthony D'Esposito, 1 of 18 Republicans representing heavy Democratic area.

In 2020, Joe Biden bushed Trump by astir 4 percent points connected Long Island and successful Nassau County by astir 60,000.

However, Trump bushed him narrowly successful neighboring Suffolk County.

The erstwhile president has claimed New York is successful scope for him, but helium would request to rack up the votes heavy successful these areas to outweigh the city's dense Democratic slant. 

The rally was deed by play earlier successful the morning, amid mendacious reports that explosives were detected nearby.

Local constabulary worked rapidly to close online posts and said that the claims emanated from a civilian grooming a sniffer dog.

That inactive came excessively precocious for immoderate quality organizations, including DailyMail.com, that reported tweets posted by a newsman claiming to beryllium with acold close One America News Network.